"Otherwise, just think about it, how could it be such a coincidence. That so-called teacher threatened you twice, and both times it was Hikari who saved you."
"Do you believe in such coincidences?"
"Why was it that both times Hikari happened to arrive so coincidentally? Did he install a tracker on you or something?"
"So all of this is absolutely part of Hikari's plan. That guy wants to deceive you, playing out the whole hero-saving-the-beauty act!"
"That damned guy, so full of schemes and tricks, even trying to manipulate you, Yui-chan. It pisses me off! I'm going to go give him a good beating right now."
Takanashi Kou, full of anger, slung the baseball bat over his shoulder, furiously ready to leave.
But Tachibana Yui suddenly stopped him.
"Don't go! Don't you dare hurt Hikari-kun!", Tachibana Yui spread her arms, standing in front of Takanashi Kou.
Seeing Tachibana Yui's action, that pretty face full of worry for Hikari, and her resolute stance in blocking him, Takanashi Kou was slightly stunned.
Then he couldn't help but speak a little jealously, "Yui-chan, you… you're stopping me for that guy Hikari? That guy is trying to trick you! I'm just trying to stand up for you!"
Tachibana Yui angrily said, "Yes, I'm stopping you for Hikari-kun, but get it straight. Hikari-kun didn't deceive me. All that random nonsense you just said was your own wild speculation and imagination."
"I'm telling you, Hikari-kun is absolutely not the kind of person you say he is. Hikari-kun is a good person, understand?"
"I won't let you hurt a good person, especially one who has saved me before!"
"Takanashi Kou! You can't tell right from wrong, you maliciously speculate about others, and even slander someone who saved me. I'm so disappointed in you."
"Takanashi Kou, you're really disgusting!"
Seeing Tachibana Yui's face full of anger, scolding him without mercy, Takanashi Kou was dumbfounded.
He stood there in a daze for a while before speaking in disbelief, "Yui-chan, you… you're actually scolding me for another guy?"
"We're childhood friends!"
"Do you still think of me, Takanashi Kou, as your childhood friend or not?"
"Didn't we say before that we'd chase our dreams together, make it to Koshien together, then be together, then get married?"
"You actually can't tell right from wrong, can't even see through a guy like Hikari, and are even helping him scold me."
"If you keep being so unreasonable, then I don't want you anymore! I want to break up with you!"
Takanashi Kou was furious. He never imagined that the always gentle and obedient Tachibana Yui would speak to him in such a harsh tone. He couldn't accept it.
As the ace of the baseball team, with some popularity on campus, and having received a few love letters, Takanashi Kou confidently threatened his 'clueless' childhood friend.
But what he didn't expect was that, after hearing his threat, Tachibana Yui's expression suddenly turned cold.
She even curled her lips into a strange smile, as if sneering.
Tachibana Yui's chest rose and fell violently. She suppressed her rage and said coldly to Takanashi Kou, "Fine. Since you said that, Takanashi-kun, then let's not associate with each other anymore. Don't even meet again."
"Even though we never officially dated, since you say break up, then break up it is."
"Heh heh..."
Seeing the icy expression on Tachibana Yui's pure and pretty face, and the disgust and impatience in those once gentle eyes, Takanashi Kou was stunned.
He swallowed hard, licked his dry lips, and muttered, "Little Tachibana, are you really cutting ties with me?"
"For… for another guy? For a guy like Hikari…?"
Seeing Takanashi Kou's incredulous expression, and hearing his continued slander, Tachibana Yui finally couldn't hold back anymore.
The normally gentle girl almost roared, shouting at Takanashi Kou, "What do you mean for another guy? What do you mean for that kind of frivolous guy?"
"You always misunderstand and slander Hikari-kun. Do you know how many times he saved me?"
"Have you ever thought that if it weren't for him, I might've already been defiled by that perverted teacher called Kuwahara?"
"When I was tricked into the student guidance room by Kuwahara and nearly assaulted, what were you doing? If Hikari-kun hadn't shown up, what would've happened to me? Did you ever care?"
"You've never given me a shred of security. You only ever act on your own assumptions, doing things to satisfy yourself. Do you think your daily routine of confessing to me is romantic?"
"Let me ask you. Just now, when I was cornered in the classroom by Kuwahara, in my most desperate moment, I clearly called you first."
"But you didn't even listen to what I said, and you hung up the phone, completely plunging me into despair, making me feel like falling into an abyss. Then you even blamed me for not going to cheer you on."
"Do you think someone like you is any good?"
"Don't talk about baseball or dreams. Your so-called baseball, your so-called dreams, are clearly far more important than me, your worthless childhood friend, right?"
"Takanashi Kou, I'm not even trying to blame you for anything. I just want to say, don't come near me ever again."
"You're completely unreliable. It's Hikari-kun, it's him who saved me from danger again and again, he's the one who's truly dependable."
"Takanashi Kou, you've completely disappointed me. So even if you didn't say it, I was going to say it. But since you mentioned it, then let's break up!"
"From now on, we have nothing to do with each other. I have no more feelings for you at all, Takanashi Kou."
After saying so much in one breath, Tachibana Yui couldn't hold up her lung capacity anymore. She bent slightly at the waist, holding onto the wall and gasping for breath.
Meanwhile, opposite her, Takanashi Kou was already completely dumbfounded.
Takanashi Kou was truly shocked.
He had never imagined that his always-smiling, gentle, older-sister-like childhood friend had been harboring so many emotions toward him.
All that talk about breaking up and cutting ties, he originally just wanted to scare Tachibana Yui a little.
After all, Tachibana Yui was so beautiful, had such a great figure, far better than any of the girls who sent him love letters, and she was his childhood friend.
So Takanashi Kou never intended to really part with Tachibana Yui.
He had long considered her his possession, his property.
But what he didn't expect was that Tachibana Yui seemed to be serious.
Seriously wanting to break up, to sever all ties, to never speak again.
Looking at the furious Tachibana Yui—
Thud!
Takanashi Kou suddenly dropped to his knees.
Then, wearing a face full of shame and regret, he said, "Yui-chan, I… I was wrong! Everything you said is right, it was my fault!"
"I'm sorry, I was wrong. What I just said about breaking up, that was all just a joke!"
"Yui-chan, I was wrong, please forgive me!"
Seeing Takanashi Kou suddenly change face, even kneeling and admitting fault, Tachibana Yui's expression didn't change much. She just gave him a cold glance.
She didn't even say a word.
Takanashi Kou then quickly knee-walked toward her, trying to hug her leg, pleading while apologizing, "Yui-chan, give me another chance! We've been childhood friends since forever! Yui-chan!"
Tachibana Yui quickly stepped back, directly dodging his attempt to touch her. She said nothing.
Turning around, she was about to walk out of the classroom.
Seeing this, seeing that Yui still looked like that even after all his apologies, Takanashi Kou's eyes also flashed with anger.
"TACHIBANA YUI!"
Takanashi Kou suddenly shouted her name loudly in anger.
"It's all because of that Hikari guy! Because he's more handsome than me, you were tricked by him and now you want to betray me, right?"
"You damned bitch!"
"That Hikari is your bestie Akane's boyfriend. You women have no shame, huh?"
Takanashi Kou began furiously insulting and cursing at Tachibana Yui.
Tachibana Yui turned back with a cold sneer and said, "Takanashi Kou, you've really got some nerve saying that. You always put down Hikari-kun in front of me, and you're constantly fishing for info about Akane. You think you hid it well?"
"I've known for a long time! You've been eyeing Akane from the start!"
"Still talking about childhood friends and besties? When you were after Akane, didn't you think about those things?"
"And you say Hikari-kun is the frivolous one? I think the one who's frivolous is you, Takanashi Kou!"
"I don't want to see you again, don't talk to me again."
After saying that, Tachibana Yui coldly turned her head.
Hearing that his dirty intentions had long been seen through by his childhood friend, Takanashi Kou was stunned for a moment, then quickly continued begging.
"Little Tachibana! Yui-chan! Give me another chance!"
"It really was my fault before, please forgive me this once!"
"Without you, how can I go on living..."
But no matter how much Takanashi Kou begged, Tachibana Yui showed no intention of turning back.
Seeing this, the shame and pain on Takanashi Kou's face slowly twisted into anger and rage.
"Tachibana Yui! Are you really going to be so heartless, ignoring the friendship we've built over all these years as childhood friends?"
"Is that Hikari guy really that great?"
"You're just like your bestie Akane, both cheap sl*ts! Two damn sl*ts!"
"Wh*re! Akane's a wh*re, and so are you..."
Seeing it couldn't be salvaged, Takanashi Kou finally snapped, spewing vile insults and slanders.
Hearing the insults from behind, Tachibana Yui frowned slightly.
Insulting her was one thing, but Takanashi Kou kept slandering Hikari and even her best friend Akane. It disgusted her.
She turned around, just about to say something. When she suddenly saw Takanashi Kou, with baseball bat in hand, had at some point stood up and was now rushing toward her at full speed.
"You dare betray me for some pretty boy? Damn bitch!"
Emotionally out of control, Takanashi Kou reached Tachibana Yui and raised the bat high, swinging it down hard.
If she hadn't turned around, the bat would've likely hit the back of her head.
And even though she did turn, Tachibana Yui had no time to react.
Facing the oncoming bat, a look of terror appeared on her face as she instinctively shut her eyes.
Meanwhile, Takanashi Kou's eyes flashed with vengeful delight.
This kind of woman who betrayed him, should be punished.
In that moment, Takanashi Kou had already made up his mind.
Since Hikari had stolen her heart and words couldn't get her back, he'd beat her up first, then force himself on her. As childhood friends, once they had a physical relationship, he was sure he could win her back.
And if that teacher Kuwahara could assault Tachibana Yui, why couldn't he, the childhood friend?
Having decided, Takanashi Kou aimed to knock her out.
Thud!
A dull sound rang out.
The baseball bat in Takanashi Kou's hand did indeed strike something.
But it wasn't, as he had hoped, Tachibana Yui's 'traitorous woman' body.
It was caught halfway by a hand.
Not feeling the expected pain on her face, the tightly shut-eyed Tachibana Yui slowly opened her eyes.
She was startled by the ghastly-looking, bald-headed Takanashi Kou swinging the bat like a demon.
But when she saw the owner of the hand that stopped the blow, her face lit up with joy.
With a face full of delight, Tachibana Yui couldn't help blurting out, "Hikari-kun?"
"Hikari?"
Seeing Hikari suddenly appear, Takanashi Kou also couldn't help shouting in surprise.
Incredibly shocked, he instinctively frowned.
Being stared at by this pair of childhood friends, Hikari didn't care about the joy on Tachibana Yui's face or Takanashi Kou's angry glare, his expression only looked a little strange.
The reason he had arrived so 'coincidentally' was because—
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